Greta Thunberg Invades Gaza Again

Greta Thunberg

Israel is reportedly planning to throw Greta Thunberg in a terror cell as the environmental activist today launched a second Gaza-bound 'Freedom Flotilla'. 

Thunberg, 22, is launching the Global Sumud Flotilla from Barcelona.

The environmentalist will be making the journey along with Liam Cunningham, the Game of Thrones actor, and Ada Colau, the former mayor of Barcelona, among others. 

The move comes just weeks after she was detained in international waters by Israel. 

Her first attempt to reach Gaza in June after setting off from Italy was thwarted by Israeli forces, who boarded the vessel in international waters and detained her. 

She and 11 passengers were taken to Israel, and given the choice to be deported or arrested. 

Now, dozens of other ships are expected to set sail for Gaza from Tunisia and other ports in the Mediterranean Sea on September 4 to join the Global Sumud Flotilla.

But Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, is planning to present Israeli Prime Minister Benjmin Netanyahu with a plan to detain the activists in harsh 'terrorist-level' conditions in the Ktzi'ot and Damon detention centres for females, according to Israel Hayom.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg waves while departing on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a "humanitarian" expedition to Gaza, at the port of Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025

Activists wave Palestinian flags as they depart on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a "humanitarian" expedition to Gaza, at the port of Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (L), Brazilian spokesperson for the 'Global Sumud Flotilla,' Thiago Avila (C) and Irish actor Liam Cunningham (R) hold a press conference in Barcelona, Spain on August 31, 2025 

People gesture on the day of the departure of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a "humanitarian" expedition to Gaza, at the port of Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025

The plan also includes seizing dozens of vessels and using them to establish a 'maritime force for police operations'.

Israel Hayom quoted individuals close to Ben-Gvir saying: 'Following several weeks at Ktzi'ot and Damon, they'll be sorry about the time they arrived here. We must eliminate their appetite for another attempt.' 

Ahead of the departure from Barcelona port, Thunberg told Iranian Press TV that the flotillas aim to 'break Israel's siege on Gaza and open up a people's humanitarian corridor'

The activist said that more than 26,000 people signed up to join the mission to break the siege on Gaza.

She said: 'This project is part of a global uprising."

In 2010 a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was raided by Israeli special forces, killing eight Turkish activists.

Activist Greta Thunberg

In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said: 'The IDF enforces the security naval blockade on the Gaza Strip and is prepared for a wide range of scenarios, which it will act upon in accordance with the directives of the political echelon.' 

'For this case as well, we are prepared,' IDF spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said. 'We have gained experience in recent years, and we will act accordingly.'

Israel's MFA mocked the activist's 'selfie yacht' carrying 'celebrity' activists.

Ms Thunberg on a previous attempt

'Greta and others attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15051979/Swedish-eco-zealot-Greta-Thunberg-launches-second-Gaza-bound-Freedom-Flotilla-just-weeks-arrested-deported.html

Greta Thunberg insisted she is not anti-Semitic as she set sail on her second 'freedom flotilla' to Gaza - nearly three months after she was deported on her first attempt.

The Swedish campaigner was detained by Israeli forces along with 11 others in June after they attempted to sail from Italy to the Palestinian enclave.

Their voyage was described by the Israeli foreign ministry as a publicity stunt by 'celebrity activists', referring to their flotilla - named the Madleen - as 'the selfie yacht'.

The activists, including Thunberg, were banned from Israel for 100 years.

Israel accused the activists of being anti-Semitic.

Thunberg sailing to the Gaza Strip 

The Madleen (pictured) was intercepted by the Israeli army and towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod

A surveillance footage showed the crew of the Gaza-bound yacht 'Madleen', put their hands up as they were intercepted by Israeli boats

Greta Thunberg at the Israeli port of Ashdod after the Madleen 'freedom flotilla' ship was intercepted by Israeli boats

Prior to her deportation, Defence Minister Israel Katz said he'd instructed IDF officials to show the activists the full, unedited footage of the October 7 attacks as recorded by Hamas terrorist body cameras.

'It is appropriate that the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself,' he said.

After the flotilla was intercepted, he told reporters: 'Greta and her flotilla companions were taken into a room upon their arrival to the screening of the horror film of the October 7 massacre... when they saw what it was about, they refused to continue watching.

'The anti-Semitic flotilla members are turning a blind eye to the truth and have proven once again that they prefer the murderers to the murdered and continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, adults, and children.'

After her deportation, Thunberg landed back home at Stockholm's Arlanda airport.

She was greeted by around 30 cheering supporters waving Palestinian flags amid a large media presence at the airport.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (R) arrives at Arlanda airport outside Stockholm, Sweden, on June 10, 2025

Thunberg greeted by 30 cheering supporters waving Palestinian flags amid a large media presence at the Stockholm airport

Greta Thunberg

Israel was planning on throwing Thunberg in a terror cell

Israel strikes Houthi leaders

The Prime Minister of Yemen's Houthi rebel-controlled government has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The deadly missile strike occurred in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Thursday and the Houthis confirmed the death on Saturday in a national broadcast. 

Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed along with a number of ministers in a villa in Beit Baws, an ancient village in southern Sanaa. 

Other ministers and officials were wounded, but no further details were provided by the Houthi rebels. 

Al-Rahawi was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-US campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels.   

He was targeted along with other members of his Houthi-controlled government during a 'routine workshop held by the government to evaluate its activities and performance over the past year,' the Houthi statement said.

Following the strike, a broadcast went out on national television, announcing al-Rahawi's death.

Thursday's strike occurred during broadcast of a speech by Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the secretive leader of the rebel group on the Houthi-owned television station.

Ahmed al-Rahawi (pictured) was killed along with a number of ministers in a villa in Beit Baws in Yemen as part of a US and Israeli airstrike on Thursday 

On Thursday, the Israeli military said that it 'precisely struck a Houthi terrorist regime military target in the area of Sanaa in Yemen.' 

The strike last Sunday came three days after the Houthis launched a ballistic missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023.

Al-Rahawi is the most senior Houthi official to be killed since the United States and Israel began their air and naval campaign in response to the rebels' missile and drone attacks on Israel and on ships in the Red Sea. 

Ahmed Nagi, a senior Yemen analyst with the Crisis Group International, a Brussels-based think-tank, called the killing of the Houthi prime minister a 'serious setback' for the rebels.

He said the escalation marks an Israeli shift from striking the rebels' infrastructure to targeting their leaders, including senior military figures, which 'poses a greater threat to their command structure.'

The Houthis campaign targeting ships over the past two years have upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which about $1 trillion of goods pass each year.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15050225/Prime-Minister-Yemen-Houthi-rebel-government-killed.html

Israeli strike on Houthi military leaders ‘reflects intelligence infiltration’

Dramatic decapitation attack in Yemen

An Israeli airstrike on Thursday targeting a gathering of senior Houthi regime and military-terrorist leaders in Yemen, including the Houthi minister of defense, Mohamed al-Atifi, and chief of staff, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, marks a major upgrade in Israeli intelligence monitoring of the distant Iranian proxy.

The decapitation strike on Thursday against the Houthi leadership represents a significant shift that moves beyond previous Israeli targeting of Houthi infrastructure like ports and power plants.

Professor Uzi Rabi, head of the program for Regional Cooperation at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, claims that the operation demonstrates a new level of capability that conveys a powerful message to the entire Middle East.

“This is a step up, that’s clear. It reflects, first of all, an intelligence penetration. This means there is progress; the step up is likely on both the intelligence and operational levels,” said Rabi.

He argued the strike was designed to have a profound psychological impact on the Houthi regime, reminiscent of Israel’s previous decapitation strikes against Hezbollah’s leadership in 2024

“You throw the Houthis into a cognitive state where they are on the defense, being pursued. What they thought could not happen is now happening,” Rabin said.

He argued that the strike sends a powerful message to the Houthis that their continued attacks on Israel will be met with a more lethal response over time. “This is very important because it tells the Houthis that Israel has a response capability that is becoming more assertive and more lethal.”

The operation also serves as a warning to other jihadist adversaries in the region. “This is also meant to signal to everyone in the Middle East who is toying with the thought of maybe doing a round against Israel, that the price of an Israeli strike can be very high. That it’s not worth testing it,” he said.

Rabi assessed that the strike would be received positively in Saudi Arabia, which had been terrorized for years by the Houthis in the form of missile and drone attacks, and suggested there could be ongoing intelligence cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia against their common Houthi enemy.

For Iran, already beset by numerous other crises, any new direct conflict would be the last thing it needs, Rabi said. 

Significant Israeli airstrikes on the Houthi capital of Sanaa took place, involving, according to an IDF official, over 10 Israeli Air Force fighter jets flying approximately 2,000 kilometers from Israel’s borders in a 5.5-hour mission that required several mid-flight refuelings.

The long-range nature of the conflict was highlighted by IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, during a visit to the Israeli Navy on Sunday. “We are in a multi-front war, at sea, in the air, and on land,” Zamir stated. “Simultaneously, we are also operating thousands of kilometers beyond our borders. There are threats from every arena and in every dimension, and we must constantly act to weaken and thwart them.”

He praised the Israel Navy’s role as Israel’s “long-range arm for strategic depth operations,” noting that it had carried out “covert and essential operations for the security of the state throughout the Middle East.”

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414063

Al-Arabiya reports that just four Houthi ministers are still alive following IDF strikes in Sana'a, Yemen

New reports indicate that following an Israeli strike in Sana'a, Yemen, earlier this week, just four Houthi government ministers remain alive.

Reports indicated that among those killed in the Thursday operation were Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and the Ministers of Economy, Industry and Investment; the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security; the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration; and the Deputy Interior Minister.

The strike also killed the Houthi Prime Minister’s office director, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, the Justice Minister Majahad, and the Minister of Youth and Sports.

According to additional reports, the Transportation Minister was also killed.

Houthi Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Al-Aatfi was reportedly severely injured, while Houthi Chief of Staff Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari was wounded in attacks outside Sanaa.

A spokesperson for the IDF said that the strike targeted “a facility that hosted dozens of senior officials of the Houthi terrorist regime.” Israeli Air Force jets carried out the strike under the guidance of the Intelligence Directorate.

“At the facility were senior officials responsible for the use of force, the military buildup of the Houthi terror regime, and the advancement of terror actions against Israel, along with other key Senior Houthi officials,” the spokesperson said.

“The strike was made possible by seizing an intelligence opportunity and completing a rapid operational cycle, which took place within a few hours.”

Trump Denies Visas to Pallys

Trump makes power play by denying Palestinian visas ahead of crucial UN meeting in NYC

Donald Trump is blocking Palestinian leaders from coming to the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly meeting next month.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the gathering in New York City.

It underscores the administration's backing of Israel in its war with Hamas terrorists acting as the de facto government in Palestinian stronghold of Gaza.

Rubio said Friday: 'The Trump Administration has been clear: it is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace.'

The former Florida senator, who holds three other administrative positions while also running the State Department, said that PLO and PA cannot be 'considered partners for peace' because they refuse to denounce Hamas' terrorist activity.

Specifically, he mentioned the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack, which was the largest single-day slaughter of Jewish people since the Holocaust.

'Before the PLO and PA can be considered partners for peace, they must consistently repudiate terrorism — including the October 7 massacre — and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by U.S. law and as promised by the PLO,' Rubio wrote in a statement on the action.

Pulling visas from these members will deny their ability to push their interests amid the ongoing war with Israel.

Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller backed up the decision, claiming it was a move to prevent abuse of the U.S. visa system by terrorists. 

President Donald Trump directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) to revoke and deny the visas of members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority

It comes ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting next month at New York City UN Headquarters

'We've been very clear when it comes to our visa system that we are going to take all necessary steps to prevent our visa system from being used by individuals who may support or espouse terrorism or terrorist activity,' he told reporters at the White House on Friday.

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will convene at UN headquarters in New York City next month. 

Meetings between world leaders will run from September 23 through 27.

Trump will travel to New York from the White House on September 22 and speak to the assembly the following day, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15047837/trump-denies-palestinian-visas-united-nations.html

     No visa for him